Father Mike Schmitz

All this great city of the city of Rome, this persecutor of the world, that's going to end at some point.

That Satan's time is powerful on earth.

but his time is short.

And that same is true for us.

There are sufferings, there's gonna be times of great persecution, but it will not end in absolute destruction.

Even if it ends with our lives, it will not end with absolute destruction.

God is giving us this word of hope through in the midst of this description of destruction in the book of Revelation.

In the letter to the Hebrews, oh gosh, this is incredible.

You know, we've already established that Jesus is higher than the angels.

He's higher than Moses.

He's also talking about he's higher than the priests.

He's higher than the priesthood.

That Jesus is the new and eternal priest.

In fact, remember, you know this already because this is so great.

And that's why, as they're writing to the Hebrews here,

Writing to a bunch of people who know the story.

They know the story like you know the story.

Maybe they know it a little better, but you've heard the whole story.

And they know that the priesthood, it only comes from the line of Levi, right?

The priesthood of Aaron.